Robb Named to All-America First Team

Olivia Robb CHESTERTOWN, Md. — Washington College coxswain Olivia Robb (Kennett Square, Pa./Unionville) has been named to the 2018 College Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Pocock All-America first team. Robb, who completed her sophomore season in May, is the second coxswain and sixth different student-athlete in Washington College women’s rowing team history to earn All-America first-team...

Gold Medal finish for 14 UHS crew athletes

Novice Boys and Novice Girls both brought home Gold medals from the Cooper Cup Regatta held in New Jersey this Sunday, April 29. Novice Girls rowed a 4-person boat and finished first ahead of 16 boats with a time of 6.23 for the 1,500 meter race. Novice Boys rowed an 8-man boat and finished first with a time of 4.00:60, a slim 2 seconds ahead of 2nd place. JV Boys came in 3rd in their flight, 7th of...

11 Unionville rowers take 1st at Balt. Invitational

Brothers Justin and Garren Best Take Three Firsts in First Rowing Season at UHS Unionville High School Coxswain Olivia Robb celebrates Varsity Men’s 4+ Victory with teammates Colin Wardius, Garren Best, Just Best and John Sagretti. BALTIMORE — Despite just being the first season for rowing at Unionville High School, it didn’t stop eleven UHS athletes from claiming first place medals at...

Kennett/Unionville rowers ranked in US top 20

Nathan Smith and teammate Phil Claudy compete in the  U.S. Rowing National Championships. Seven rowers from Kennett and Unionville High Schools traveled to Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee last week to compete in the US Rowing National Championships. The competition was intense with 1,500 of the best high school and junior athletes from across the nation competing in 18 events. All seven of the...

Five Unionville rowers qualify for nationals

A number of local rowers with the Newport Rowing Club have advanced to advanced to the 2012 US Rowing National Championships. PicturedL Men's Varsity 2- L to R N. Smith, P. Claudy.jpg KENNETT SQUARE – Seven athletes from Kennett and Unionville High Schools have advanced to the 2012 US Rowing National Championships in Oak Ridge, Tennessee June 8 – 10. The rowers qualified and earned their invitations...

Unionville’s Sellers takes 5th at World Rowing Championships

Unionville's Sabine Sellers prepares for a heat during the World Indoor Rowing Championships in Boston. Despite facing a field including Olympic medalists, she placed fifth overall. BOSTON – Unionville High School Junior Sabine Sellers brought home fifth place at the 31st annual World Indoor Rowing Championships, known as the C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints, in Boston this weekend. The Championships were...

Local youth rowers compete at Indoor Championships

VILLANOVA — Twenty  Kennett/Unionville-area youth rowers from Newport Rowing Club (NRC) competed with a strong showing at the Mainline Slide, Philadelphia’s Indoor Rowing Championships at Villanova University.  The annual event drew more than 500 rowers with an age span of 12 to 89 years old.  Several area rowers brought home top honors and almost every NRC rower broke a personal record in the...